News about "athletics"

SOFTBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (2/10/16) - East Texas Baptist University softball players Jayme Perez and Lacey Lindsey have earned pre-season awards from HeroSports being named All-Americans to start the 2016 season. Perez has been selected to the first team as a designated player and Lindsey on the second team at first base.

Both players are two-time NFCA All-Americans in their first two seasons at ETBU. Last year they both were NFCA All-American second-team selections while Lacey was the co-Offensive Player of the Year in the ASC. Below are the bios from HeroSports.com

BASEBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (2/3/16) - On national signing day, the East Texas Baptist University baseball team signed their best recruit for their program yet in Team Impact partner Mark McCullough from the Shreveport, La., area. Mark is a Down Syndrome child living out his dream being a part of a college athletic team.

BASKETBALL (M): MARSHALL, Texas (1/30/16) -  Boosted by Bret Atkins' 33-point performance, the East Texas Baptist University men's basketball team withstood a hard-charging second-half effort by the University of Texas-Tyler to win, 69-64, on Saturday afternoon inside of Ornelas Gym. Atkins hit eight three-pointers and making seven straight in the first half.

ETBU ups its overall record to 15-4 and 8-2 in American Southwest Conference games and is currently on a season-best seven-game winning streak. Additionally, the team improves to 9-1 on its home court this season.

FOOTBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (1/13/16) - An ending with a new, bright beginning is taking place within the East Texas Baptist University football program as Joshua Eargle announces his resignation handing over the reigns to young assistant coach Scotty Walden. Eargle is leaving ETBU to take a position at Austin Peay State University as the run coordinator and offensive line coach for the NCAA Division I FCS program.

FOOTBALL: MARSHALL, Texas (1/11/16) - Receiving one last award before the college football season ends, the East Texas Baptist University football had five players gain recognition from the USA Football Network with two being All-Americans. Josh Warbington and Kendall Roberson were named to the All-American team for NCAA Division III while C.J. Johnson, Tony Jones, and Bryston Parker made it onto the All-American Rookie Team.